Alex Ovechkin scored his 887th career goal Saturday to move within eight of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record and the Washington Capitals beat the San Jose Sharks 5-1. Ovechkin deflected a shot from Martin Fehervary past Georgi Romanov with 9:06 remaining in the third period.

Macklin Celebrini remembers being 5 or 6 years old when he met Alex Ovechkin after watching him play for the Washington Capitals. The San Jose Sharks rookie center can’t recall, however, where the game was or if Ovechkin scored a goal or anything else about the day,